Vignette : The deceased standing in a stream of water, and holding a
sail in his left hand (see Naville, op . cit ., Bd. I . 131 . 7 0)-
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR AND OF
HAVING THE MASTERY OVER THE WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD.
The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)
"Hail, Hap-ur, god of heaven, in thy name of `Divider of
"heaven', grant thou unto me that I may have dominion over
"(3) the water, even as the goddess Sekhet had power over
"Osiris on the night of the storms and floods . Grant thou that
"I may have power over the divine princes who have their habitations
in the place of (4) the god of the inundation, even
"as they have power over their own holy god of whose name
"they are ignorant ; and may they let me have power even as
"[he hath let them have power] ."
"My nostrils arc (5) opened in Tattu," or (as others say), "My
"mouth and my nostrils are opened in Tatau, and I have my
"place of peace in Annu, which is my house ; it was built for
"me by the (6) goddess Sesheta, and the god Khnemu set it up
"for me upon its walls . If to this heaven it cometh by the north,
"I sit at the south ; if to this heaven (7) it cometh by the south,
"I sit at the north ; if to this heaven it cometh by the west,
"I sit at the cast ; and if to this heaven it cometh by the east,
"(S) I sit at the west. I draw the hair of my nostrils, and I
"make my way into every place in which I wish to sit ."
In the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I .
131 . 70) this Chapter ends quite differently, and reads :-
"I am strong in my mouth and in my nostrils, for behold
"Tem has stablished them ; behold, O ye gods and Khus. Rest
"thou, then, O Tem . Behold the staff which blossometh, and
"which cometh forth when a man crieth out in your names .
"Behold, I am Tem, the tree(?) of the gods in [their] visible
"forms . Let me not be turned back . . . . I am the Am-khent,
"Nefer-uben-f, triumphant . Let neither my flesh nor my members
"be gashed with knives, let me not be wounded by knives by
"you. I have come, I have been judged, I have come forth therein,
"[I] have power with my father, the Old man, Nu . He bath
"granted that I may live, he bath given strength unto me, and
"he hath provided me with the inheritance of my father therein ."
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LVI . THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR AMONG THE WATERS IN THE UNDERWORLD . From
the Papyrus of Nu.
sail in his left hand (see Naville, op . cit ., Bd. I . 131 . 7 0)-
Text : (1) THE CHAPTER OF SNUFFING THE AIR AND OF
HAVING THE MASTERY OVER THE WATER IN THE UNDERWORLD.
The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)
"Hail, Hap-ur, god of heaven, in thy name of `Divider of
"heaven', grant thou unto me that I may have dominion over
"(3) the water, even as the goddess Sekhet had power over
"Osiris on the night of the storms and floods . Grant thou that
"I may have power over the divine princes who have their habitations
in the place of (4) the god of the inundation, even
"as they have power over their own holy god of whose name
"they are ignorant ; and may they let me have power even as
"[he hath let them have power] ."
"My nostrils arc (5) opened in Tattu," or (as others say), "My
"mouth and my nostrils are opened in Tatau, and I have my
"place of peace in Annu, which is my house ; it was built for
"me by the (6) goddess Sesheta, and the god Khnemu set it up
"for me upon its walls . If to this heaven it cometh by the north,
"I sit at the south ; if to this heaven (7) it cometh by the south,
"I sit at the north ; if to this heaven it cometh by the west,
"I sit at the cast ; and if to this heaven it cometh by the east,
"(S) I sit at the west. I draw the hair of my nostrils, and I
"make my way into every place in which I wish to sit ."
In the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I .
131 . 70) this Chapter ends quite differently, and reads :-
"I am strong in my mouth and in my nostrils, for behold
"Tem has stablished them ; behold, O ye gods and Khus. Rest
"thou, then, O Tem . Behold the staff which blossometh, and
"which cometh forth when a man crieth out in your names .
"Behold, I am Tem, the tree(?) of the gods in [their] visible
"forms . Let me not be turned back . . . . I am the Am-khent,
"Nefer-uben-f, triumphant . Let neither my flesh nor my members
"be gashed with knives, let me not be wounded by knives by
"you. I have come, I have been judged, I have come forth therein,
"[I] have power with my father, the Old man, Nu . He bath
"granted that I may live, he bath given strength unto me, and
"he hath provided me with the inheritance of my father therein ."
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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